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BTN LiveBIG: Illinois professor shows how music universally bridges cultural divides

BTN LiveBIG: Illinois professor shows how music universally bridges cultural divides

It?s a genre of music invented by former African slaves and their descendants just a few decades after emancipation. Though novel, the rhythms and melodies were the result of a fusion between the native musical forms they brought over from their home continent and instrumentation they encountered in their new country. As it evolved and […]